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Kongsberg Supplies Custody Transfer System for LNG Carrier
5/9/2008 7:39:49 AM
Dapeng Sun, the first LNG carrier to be built in China was delivered to its owner in Shanghai at the beginning of April 2008, with Kongsberg Maritime's K-Gauge Custody Transfer System (CTS) onboard. The vessel, which has a capacity of 147,000 cubic meters or 70,000 tons, will partly replace foreign flagged...

Hyundai Heavy to Build First Korean-Designed LNG Ship
4/21/2008 10:33:31 AM
A Korean shipbuilder has succeeded in independently designing a liquefied natural gas carrier. Building LNG ships is a high value-added business, as it requires the highest level of shipbuilding technology. The latest achievement should significantly lower the royalties that Korean companies have had...

MARAD – Port Dolphin Energy LNG DWP
4/17/2008 9:04:37 AM
The Maritime Administration (MARAD) issued a notice stating that it and the US Coast Guard are making available the Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS) for the Port Dolphin Energy liquefied natural gas (LNG) deepwater port (DWP) project.  Plans call for construction and operation of the...

PetroChina, Qatargas and Shell Sign First Long-Term LNG Deal
4/10/2008 10:18:22 AM
Qatargas, Shell and PetroChina signed binding sales and purchase agreements that will lead to the long-term supply of liquefied natural gas (LNG) originating from The State of Qatar to the rapidly growing Chinese market.
The agreements were signed in Beijing by His Excellency Abdullah bin Hamad...

RS to Present LNG Rules Initiative at Forum
3/31/2008 10:22:29 AM
Research by the Russian Maritime Register of Shipping (RS) on the design and operation of Arctic LNG carriers will feature at next week’s Arctic Shipping 2008 conference in St Petersburg.
Arctic Shipping 2008, the fourth annual conference from Lloyd’s List Events, takes place from April...

PGN Planning to Build LNG Terminals
3/5/2008 10:26:35 AM
State gas company PT Gas Negara Tbk/PGN is planning to build three LNG (liquefied natural gas) terminals at a total cost of $1.782b in Java and Sumatra, reports said.

The terminals would be built in West Java, East Java and Medan (North Sumatra). He said demand for gas in West Java was...


Statoil, Sonatrach Sign LNG Extension Deal
3/3/2008 10:33:27 AM
StatoilHydro and Sonatrach agreed on to extend a liquefied natural gas (LNG) supply accord and allow Sonatrach access to one of Statoil' terminals abroad, Sonatrach said. The agreement gives Sonatrach the right to use Statoil's regasification capacity at the U.S. Cove Point import terminal to deliver two billion cubic metres per year of LNG to U...

E-ships Orders two LPG Tankers
3/3/2008 9:09:18 AM
Emirates Ship Investment Company (E-ships) has ordered construction of two semi-refrigerated LPG Tankers from STX for $76 million, according to a report on www.khaleejtimes.com. The price for each vessel is about $38 million and the vessels will be delivered in Korea in May and July 2010. Eships...

RasGas Adds Seven New Ships to LNG Fleet
2/21/2008 10:19:14 AM
RasGas Company Limited (RasGas), the Qatar based premium LNG exporter, continues to grow its fleet to meet global demand. RasGas, Teekay Nakilat and J5 name seven Q-Flex LNG carriers that will enter long-term RasGas charters in ceremonies at both the Samsung Heavy Industries (SHI) and Daewoo Shipbuilding...

LNG Ship Repaired
2/19/2008 8:39:48 AM
The Catalunya Spirit left its location off the coast of Gloucester, Mass., under its own power Friday night, after the Captain of the Port of Boston lifted the detention order placed when the LNG tanker lost propulsion 35 miles east of Chatham, Mass., early last week.

The 933-foot tanker has...


FERC Conducting Scoping Port Dolphin Energy
2/11/2008 10:26:19 AM
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) said that it is conducting limited scoping regarding the onshore portion of the proposed Port Dolphin Energy LLC liquefied natural gas (LNG) deepwater port (DWP) to be located in federal waters of the Gulf of Mexico southwest of Tampa Bay. Comments regarding...

Agreement Means New Jobs on LNG Tankers
2/11/2008 10:19:41 AM
New seafaring jobs on Liquified Natural Gas (LNG) vessels will go to Americans licensed as ships’ officers under an agreement reached between the U.S. Department of Transportation and the Shell International Trading Company.

Under the agreement, Shell becomes one of the first major oil producers...


Kuwait to Import LNG from Qatar
2/5/2008 8:50:45 AM
Kuwait will reportedly start importing between 14.2 to 21.3 million cu. m. of LNG daily from Qatar by sea next year, according to a report found on www.thepeninsulaqatar.com. Kuwait is rich in oil but short on natural gas. The emirate currently produces around one billion cubic feet of associated natural...

Port Dolphin Energy Proposes Amendment
2/4/2008 9:51:45 AM
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) issued a notice stating that Port Dolphin Energy LLC is proposing an amendment to its application for a license to construct and operate a liquefied natural gas (LNG) deepwater port (DWP) in federal waters of the Gulf of Mexico in the vicinity of Tampa, Florida...

Teekay Builds on its LNG Service Offering
1/31/2008 10:28:19 AM
Teekay has purchased two unique liquefied natural gas (LNG) carriers that, in future, may help its customers develop smaller gas fields and open up markets that were previously inaccessible. Teekay acquired two specialized LNG carriers. The Polar Eagle pictured here has been renamed the Polar Spirit...

FERC – Broadwater LNG Project
1/18/2008 10:31:12 AM
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) issued an official notice stating that the Final Environmental Impact Statement for the Broadwater liquefied natural gas (LNG) project that has been proposed for construction and operation in Long Island Sound has been prepared and is available to the public...

Boston Safety Zones Created
1/8/2008 7:18:07 AM
The US Coast Guard has established two temporary safety zones each with a radius of 500 meters around two independent submerged turret loading buoys of Excelerate Energy’s Northeast Gateway Deepwater Port in federal waters of the Atlantic Ocean approximately 13 nautical miles south-southwest of Gloucester, Massachusetts...

LNG Shipping: A New Game of Risk?
12/20/2007 9:06:19 AM
The rapidly changing environment of the liquefied natural gas (LNG) market is leading to a whole new game of risk for P&I clubs, according to the ‘A’ rated, 75 million GT North of England P&I club.

Commenting in the latest issue of the club’s newsletter North News, director Mike Salthouse says,...


Oregon LNG Completes Navigation, Docking Simulation
12/19/2007 10:09:50 AM
Oregon LNG completed a navigation and docking simulation for three liquefied natural gas (LNG) tanker sizes at the Pacific Marine Institute in Seattle, Wash. The company says the simulation demonstrates that its proposed LNG site on the Skipanon Peninsula in Warrenton, Ore., can accommodate the 148,000 cubic meter (5...

ExxonMobil Announces NJ Floating Offshore LNG Terminal
12/12/2007 8:20:27 AM
Exxon Mobil Corporation announced plans to seek regulatory approval for BlueOcean Energy, a floating liquefied natural gas (LNG) receiving terminal that will create a gateway to global supplies of clean-burning natural gas to help meet the growing energy needs of New Jersey and New York.

The project will have the capacity to supply about 1...


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